Investors will face a test on Tuesday when Tokyo area consumer prices are forecast to rise back to an annual 2.5% in February, after base effects delivered a drop to 1.6% in January. The so-called ...
Japan’s First Sovereign Climate Transition Bonds Debut
As that suggests, backers expect GX-enabling bonds not only to spur economic growth but to finance emerging technologies such as semiconductors and next-generation batteries: important elements in ...
Qatar Airways Resumes Osaka Service With Airbus A350
Qatar’s Doha (DOH) to Osaka (KIX) service operates as flight QR802 with a departure time of 01:10 and an arrival of 16:30 local time. The return service – flight QR803 – departs Osaka at 18:00 and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei index continues its record-breaking bull run by breaking 40,000 for the first time in its history
The Nikkei 225, a major index for the Japanese equity market, beat a 37-year-old record set in 1989 just a little under two weeks ago. The rally picked up steam again on Monday, as the Nikkei 225 ... ( read original story ...)
How Suntory Beverage and Food’s Makiko Ono became one of Japan’s few female CEOs
Makiko Ono is trying to describe the concept of yatte minahare, a fundamental part of the corporate philosophy of Japan drinks company Suntory Holdings. There is no precise translation in English, she ... ( read original story ...)
6 things to do on a Yokohama day trip, just 30 minutes from Tokyo
Dine on an old Japanese houseboat and spot an 18m-tall Gundam robot in the port city. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
One missing after fishing boat runs aground south of Tokyo
A fishing boat with 25 crew members on board ran aground off one of Izu Islands, south of Tokyo, leaving one missing, local media reported on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei goes past 40,000 for the first time. What’s fueling the rally?
The Japanese economy officially entered recession, relinquishing its place as the world’s third-largest economy to Germany. While the central bank is still expected to raise interest rates from ...
Japan’s Nikkei 225 share benchmark tops 40,000, lifted by technology stocks
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Japan’s capital spending jumps 16.4% in Oct.-Dec., in boost to GDP
Capital spending by Japanese companies surged 16.4 percent in the October-December quarter from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry ...
UPDATE 2-Japan corporate capex jumps, paving way for BOJ exit from stimulus
Investor focus is now on this year's wage negotiations, which could deliver more hefty pay hikes, a prerequisite for ending negative interest rates. Capital expenditure rose 16.4% in the fourth ...
Japan corporate capital spending jumps 16.4% in Q4
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japanese corporate spending on plant and equipment in October-December jumped by 16.4% from the same period a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed on Monday, likely easing ...
Japan’s Nikkei breaches 40,000 level for first time as tech stocks soar
Japan's main stock benchmark breached the 40,000-point level for the first time on Monday, continuing a rapid rise to new peaks this year that has been spurred by corporate governance reform and cheap ...
Japan government considers declaring end to deflation – Kyodo
Japan's government is considering declaring an end to deflation in the wake of rising prices, Kyodo news agency reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.The government will make a ... ( read original story ...)
Keynote Speakers Announced: ISDA’s 38th Annual General Meeting in Tokyo!
Join the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) at its 38th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Tokyo from April 16 until April 18, 2024.
Japan corporate capex jumps, paving way for BOJ exit from stimulus
Japanese corporate spending on plant and equipment in October-December jumped by 16.4 per cent from the same period a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed on Monday, likely easing some ...